2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (Series tied 1-1)

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

87 pt half from OKC, Silver call the game

[Kawaii Leonard]

May very well be a 4-1 OKC win.

This series will be Jokic’s first true test if he has goat material or not

[Patches Perry]

People swing so hard from game to game lol. The poll for this thread was like 70% Denver 3 hours ago.

[bbms]

thunder is 16/19 from the paint at the half without counting shooting fouls drawn at the rim, that's on pace to 64 points allowed in the paint

yeah...

[gobeklitepe]

On pace for a 174-112 game...gross

Somehow it doesnt look as bad like that the bigger the numbers the more they start to look the same

[RB34]

Dead in here. Where are the OKC haters?

Did you start following OKC just before the playoffs started?

No...just new to this board. Not sure what that has to do with the plethora of OKC haters.

Read any game thread ever. OKC probably have the least haters on this board.

[Marrs-Law]

OKC might be the better team

[Dadouv47]

People swing so hard from game to game lol. The poll for this thread was like 70% Denver 3 hours ago.

yeah I'm stll worried about how we will play in close games (and it won't be easy to win on the road).

[HotRocks34]

2 things I would do if I were Adelman.

First, he needs to raise hell about what OKC is doing with Jokic. Predictably, their smalls are getting away with mugging Jokic and not only is Jokic not getting enough calls, he's getting called for supposed offensive fouls. Gotta work on the refs for Games 3 and 4.

Second, the Thunder have gotten away with some cheap stuff. Russ stood up to it once but if it keeps happening I'm sending in someone like Nnaji to put one of the Thunder players on the deck.

OKC always plays borderline dirty but if they cross the line and the refs won't take care of it, you have to send your own message. That's how I always played.

[Dadouv47]

Clippers was the best team and Denver won.

[Kobe187]

Damn OKC absolutely hammering the Nuggets.

[Soonercrazy84]

Thunder got 87 at half and New York only got 91 all game lol

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[bbms]

Did you start following OKC just before the playoffs started?

No...just new to this board. Not sure what that has to do with the plethora of OKC haters.

Read any game thread ever. OKC probably have the least haters on this board.

are you sure? jokic fanatics (a broader base than nuggets fans) have been pretty hateful because of the mvp race going south for their idol

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

If Thunder wins it all this year, how many total playoff losses? Obviously game 1 was not the Thunder and this game is a big statement game so they won't be doing this often but anyone think under/over 3 losses?

[TinmanZBoy]

May very well be a 4-1 OKC win.

This series will be Jokic’s first true test if he has goat material or not

Of course he is not goat material, with that defense… same applies to curry… you can’t be picked on relentlessly on defense and be the goat… great player and career, but surely not goat material

[Impuniti]

thunder is 16/19 from the paint at the half without counting shooting fouls drawn at the rim, that's on pace to 64 points allowed in the paint

yeah...

GOAT center defense

[G R E Y]

Something tells me Nuggs are conserving energy having secured the split and home court.

Or they have OKC right where they want them based on PO pattern of late lol

Yeah they want to turn it up in the altitude but OKC has enough legs that it won't be a huge advantage like it was with the clips or Lakers in the past. Still an advantage

That's taking nothing away from OKC, I should add. They came ready to play. Regardless of the score though it still only counts as one game. Nuggs surely consider it as job done already in OKC.

We'll see as Shaq said the first few minutes of the 3RD. After that, maybe rest starters to keep them energized and healthy. They know what a long grind it is.

[TinmanZBoy]

Denver gave up a lot 40+ first quarter this season, nothing new….

[Impuniti]

May very well be a 4-1 OKC win.

This series will be Jokic’s first true test if he has goat material or not

Of course he is not goat material, with that defense… same applies to curry… you can’t be picked on relentlessly on defense and be the goat… great player and career, but surely not goat material

Your players shot like Ray Charles when defended by Curry last series. He's not an embarrassment on defense like the best player in the world is.

[G R E Y]

Something tells me Nuggs are conserving energy having secured the split and home court.

Or they have OKC right where they want them based on PO pattern of late lol

I don't see that on the floor. Nuggets play with one speed. Their intensity doesn't really rise that much higher. Right now OKC is playing on another level intensity wise and Nuggets just don't have the kind of players to match it.

We'll see in game 3 if Nuggs have another gear or two. Again taking nothing away from OKC who suddenly face a must win game, but I think Nuggs do have extra levels.